Brad Pitt buys painting by German artist Neo Rauch at world’s leading contemporary art fairBASEL, Switzerland — Brad Pitt was the star attraction at this year’s edition of the world’s leading contemporary art fair. He was also a customer. French minister: Picasso sketchbook stolen at Paris museum will be hard to sellPARIS — A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso stolen from the Paris museum bearing his name will be hard for thieves to sell, France’s culture minister said Wednesday. Music festival stimulus package: Bruce Springsteen, Phish big draws at eighth year of BonnarooWhat’s one way to ensure your mega music festival is well attended in the middle of a recession? Book a reunited Phish. Lauryn Hill cancels all European tour dates this summer due to health reasonsSTOCKHOLM — Festival organizers say hip-hop and R&B singer Lauryn Hill has canceled all tour dates in Europe this summer for health reasons. Henry Shaw’s St. Louis garden, a ‘unique’ global achievement, turns 150, and countingST. LOUIS — Young Henry Shaw, only 18, was selling cutlery out of a rented room in St. Louis when a chance, half-day journey out of town on horseback one spring day in 1819 led him to his destiny — the prairie that would become his garden. Financially struggling Ala. Shakespeare Festival has a hit with play about coach Bear BryantMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The 26 years since legendary Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant died have not dimmed his fame nor the urge for ‘Bama fans to revel in his story. African music star who ignited controversy with lyrics performs in NY as part of arts festivalNEW YORK — An African music star who ignited worldwide controversy among fellow Muslims with one of his albums was in the city Saturday to perform at an arts festival aimed at spreading a deeper understanding of Islam. SC’s Spoleto Festival USA reaches ticket sales target ahead of closing weekendCHARLESTON, S.C. — The Spoleto Festival USA enters its final weekend of concerts, plays and fireworks with good news amid tough economic times: It reached a scaled-back target for ticket sales, unless final events are rained out. Parties less exuberant, art a bit harsher: 1 view from 53rd Venice BiennaleVENICE, Italy — Quieter parties. Harsher art. Clark Gable’s car, Rolls Royce from ‘The Great Gatsby’ part of Conn. celebrity car auctionNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Clark Gable loved beautiful cars, but his 1938 Packard convertible was apparently too popular with his legions of female fans. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERSHARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Doubleday) WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERSFICTION 1. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Doubleday) Record label: Grammy-winning ‘Queen of the Blues’ Koko Taylor dies in Chicago at 80CHICAGO — Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Gift of gab: Lidstrom has no plans to take day off from media like Crosby during Cup finalsPITTSBURGH — You can count on Nicklas Lidstrom meeting the media every day during the Stanley Cup finals. Remaining Beatles come together to promote ‘Rock Band’ video gameLOS ANGELES — Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr came together to promote “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game. Wales, African-American culture, Latin music at Smithsonian Folklife FestivalWASHINGTON — Wales, Latin music and “The Power of Words in African American Culture” will be the themes of this summer’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Bigger River Walk in San Antonio lets visitors water-taxi upriver to museum, other attractionsSAN ANTONIO — For decades, the channel of the San Antonio River north of the popular restaurants and retail shops downtown was overgrown and blighted — the kind of place tourists went only if they made a wrong turn. But not anymore. Prime View of Taiwan to buy E Ink, maker of Kindle display, for $215MNEW YORK — E Ink Corp., the maker of the innovative display for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by a Taiwanese company for $215 million. Prime View of Taiwan to buy E Ink, maker of Kindle display, for $215MNEW YORK — E Ink Corp., the maker of the innovative display for the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and other devices, has agreed to be acquired by a Taiwanese company for $215 million. Rome’s Ara Pacis museum vandalized, colors of Italian flag painted on US-designed buildingROME — The back wall of a controversial museum designed by U.S. architect Richard Meier was painted overnight with the red and green colors of the Italian flag. Notes of interest from BookExpo AmericaNotes from BookExpo America, which ended Sunday in New York: Book publishers waiting on Spanish-language boom can’t translate lackluster salesNEW YORK — The long-rumored e-book boom at last has arrived. But publishers still wait, and wait, for another supposed surge: Spanish-language titles. Now in semifinals, blind pianist from Japan wows audiences at prestigious Cliburn contestFORT WORTH, Texas — With a dramatic bow of pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii’s head, rich sounds of the piano, violins, cello and viola broke the concert hall silence as he and a string quartet played Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44. New Smithsonian exhibit shows the complex variety, life of antsWASHINGTON — Running a museum is no picnic, but the Smithsonian is attracting ants anyway. Angels & Demons in Rome: Tour visits sites related to book and movieROME — On the stone steps of the 500-year-old Santa Maria del Popolo church, our tour group huddled around our guide in a tight circle. Anchorage Museum opens new high-end addition with glitzy traveling gold exhibitANCHORAGE, Alaska — All that glitters at the Anchorage Museum is not gold. Take, for instance, a new addition with a shimmering glass facade made from more than 600 panels designed to reflect Alaska’s natural splendor. Smithsonian hosts its first Hollywood premiere for ‘Museum’ flickWASHINGTON — Ben Stiller and Amy Adams are bringing Hollywood to the capital of the museum world for the premier of “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” TV’s Kate Gosselin tells Mich. crowd it’s tough reading stories about herselfMUSKEGON, Mich. — Reality TV star Kate Gosselin (GOS’-lihn) says it’s difficult reading stories about herself. Playthings face their own mortality in Pixar Animation’s next sequel, ‘Toy Story 3′CANNES, France — Woody, Buzz Lightyear and their plaything pals are coping with abandonment issues in the new “Toy Story” sequel. Film by fiance of freed journalist Roxana Saberi to debut at Cannes Film FestivalCANNES, France — When Cannes Film Festival organizers chose an Iranian film for their lineup, they couldn’t have guessed how timely it would become. Curtain ‘Up’: Pixar maestros feel cartoons come of age as animated adventure opens CannesCANNES, France — After nine hits and four Academy Awards for films including “WALL-E” and “Ratatouille,” the Pixar Animation gang finally feels it has made it to the grown-ups’ table with “Up,” the first animated movie to open the Cannes Film Festival. Fort Worth’s Kimbell Museum acquires Michelangelo’s earliest known painting hidden for yearsFORT WORTH, Texas — The Kimbell Art Museum will soon be the only U.S. museum to display a Michelangelo painting after acquiring his earliest known work, a rare treasure that was tucked away and doubted as authentic for more than a century. Stars, celebs and cinephiles gather for opening of 62nd Cannes Film FestivalCANNES, France — The evening gowns glittered, the red carpet was unfurled — and the 3-D glasses were at hand as the 62nd Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday with the soaring animated adventure “Up.” French icon Huppert follows Penn as jury president at Cannes Film FestivalCANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival faced a problem this year — how to replace passionate, attention-grabbing actor Sean Penn as jury president? Robin Wright Penn follows soon-to-be ex Sean onto Cannes Film Festival juryCANNES, France — The head of the Cannes Film Festival says Sean Penn is a hard act to follow. |
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